Cecia attends the Royal Academy as a double for a noble lady. If she can graduate with top scores, she'll be free from her life of poverty working as a maid. Enduring bullying at school and harassment at work, our heroine fights on with the support of her one and only red-headed female friend. But when things start to fall apart, why does the second prince run to her defense?
Original Story: RINGO Art: NAZUNA NANAKO Character Design: TSUKAZA, SATSUKI
Mihane Kirino is just your average office girl who's set on finding love... she just has a couple odd things here and there like someone stalking her. One day, one of the charming higher ups in the office, Kai Yamashina offers to take her out for food and listen to her woes. In the blink of an eye things go from attentive boss to pretend boyfriend and/or personal body guard, and he doesn't seem to care to hide it!
"I'll never love someone this much again..." She gave birth to his child in secret.
Seri, an unmarried woman raising a child, works at the hospital where Haruka Takato has arrived to work as a newly appointed surgeon. Seri fell in love with him six years ago. However, it was only a passing fling for him, and she only realized she was pregnant after Takato went abroad to study. When he reunites with Seri, he becomes forceful for some reason despite having abandoned her. "Now you won't be able to show your body to anyone other than me." Seri melts as he kisses her so forcefully that it leaves a mark...
I'm sure I would have loved him even if I knew about our difference in social statuses...
Suzu, who helps sell rice balls at her mother's shop, is passive when it comes to romance and has never had a relationship despite being twenty-six. However, she's immediately attracted to Shinji when she meets him at the park. Shinji becomes a regular customer and they start dating with the intent to get married. Yet even as they grow closer, Shinji never tells Suzu about his work or family. Just as Suzu begins to feel uneasy, she finds out that Shinji is the vice president of the large company where she will be working. Then she hears from her coworkers that he has a fiancee...
As the middle of three imperial princesses of the Fatenam Empire, Claire has always been seen as royal dead weight. So when Vallatenear emerges victorious in war, she's quickly offered up as a bride as part of the peace terms. Prepared for harsh conditions, t*rture, and even death, Claire is flabbergasted when she receives a warm welcome, and news that she's been betrothed to none other than the crown prince! It turns out her extraordinary intelligence is exactly what the kingdom has been longing for...a "Living Fount of Knowledge!"
Asumi, a former stage actress, married Ryouhei, who had risen to become a popular screenwriter, and became a mother of one. Yet as she found herself swamped with housework and childcare while he stayed busy with work, the rift between them only deepened. His success was possible because of her support-or so Asumi believed. But then, something led her to uncover his affair. Tormented by the schemes of her husband and his mistress, Asumi resolves to take revenge-one that will drag the drama industry into the fray...!
In a world where everyone, young and old, man and woman, possesses magical powers, Charlotte alone was born without any at all. When she comes up for auction, this unprecedented trait repels all potential buyers, and she is left for dead. Suddenly, a nobleman named Arthur appears, offering to take Charlotte for thirty million. Arthur, who has declared himself Charlotte's guardian, fell in love with her at first sight. He then proposes marriage, explaining that her body, devoid of magic, holds the key to saving him from the torment of excessive magic in his own. Though bewildered by Arthur's sweet demeanor, Charlotte hopes to carve a place for herself in the world. But to save Arthur, a certain act is necessary...!
"Don't forget. You're my wife." A former diver is reincarnated into the world of her favorite game as Hina, an unimportant maid. She is content just watching her favorite character, General Soha of the Water Kingdom, from afar, but when things start to diverge from the game she knows so well, she finds herself embroiled in a life-changing conflict. Marked for execution as a traitor and cast into the sea, she draws upon knowledge from her past life to swim fearlessly through the raging waves to her survival. However, her graceful form is mistaken by the fearsome and ruthless villain Shuen as the legendary Mermaid Princess, and she is kidnapped and forced to become his wife... Now she's stuck in a loveless temporary marriage with the villain. Everything inside her is telling her to reject him... And yet, why can't she resist his overbearing yet awkward passion?
"What is it, Mr. Amakusa? Don't tell me you're planning to make midnight visits to my bed?" Aki Kurumi, 29 years old, meets Shisui Amakusa at a singles' mixer, and what should he unexpectedly propose but a paper marriage...! And once she starts living with Shisui, who is a touch out of sync with her, it kicks off a string of miscommunications and minor catastrophes! Their life as newlyweds (on paper) gets off to a bumpy start, but it's somehow almost cozy... "I didn't realize I would be so happy... to be needed by someone." They each chose this paper marriage for their own convenience, but could they become a real husband and wife? What is "love"? What is "marriage"? This is a bumbling love story that depicts how men and women coexist.
"If it gets you to love me, then I can do anything...!" Koh Saginuma. Age: 31. Profession: university associate professor. When his mother remarries, he becomes stepsiblings with Fuka, an 18-year-old college freshman. But suddenly they find themselves living together on their own?! Koh, who is awkward around women, is blindsided by Fuka, who excels at both housework and her studies. And for some reason, she's just a little too friendly with him...?! It's a breezy love-comedy between a man who scores (almost) zero on the romance curve, and a college girl with zero love experience and love stories on the brain!
I've spent my 30s dating my boyfriend for ten years without a forseeable future and giving up my dreams. Triggered by a certain reunion, I'm trying to step out of my old self...
While aiming to become an illustrator, Koharu works in an editing department. In her free time, she dedicates herself to a video game starring her digital prince, Nobunaga. Koharu used to be a total normie until she was betrayed by her beloved boyfriend, but since then she's been afraid of romance and retreated into gaming... One day, her sister brings home Takumi, who's in a pickle due to losing his luggage upon arriving from the US, and he happens to look just like Nobunaga...?! Though Koharu is resistant at first, he ends up staying with them while he searches for his luggage. And on top of that, now Koharu has an illustration gig to handle, too?! Koharu gives it her all, but the job falls through anyway, leaving her depressed. Seeing this, Takumi offers some encouragement, which lightens Koharu's heart. But, when his luggage is found a few days later, it seems Takumi is leaving Japan to return home...?!
Her father's pharmaceutical company keeping her family in comfort, her post-graduation employment already settled... Kana was enjoying a peaceful fourth year at university. However, after swindling her father into a shady loan with Kana herself as collateral, a gangster named Hiragi Yoji comes to collect the debt. Yoji is up for the role of second-in-command of his yakuza syndicate; in order to present Kana as a gift to the syndicate boss, he plans to make a woman out of her... Abandoned by her parents, carted off by the yakuza...and subject to the relentless Yoji. In these dire circumstances, Kana makes a dire resolution...!!
I want to become one with him, but I can't! -- On the night they celebrated three years since moving in together, 27-year-old office worker Kazuho had been hoping for a proposal from her boyfriend Wataru. And yet, he never raised the question of marriage... Since their relationship is sexless due to her own past trauma, she can hardly blame him. Just as she tells herself that the happy moments they spend together now are enough for her, she happens to meet a woman named Miya who has the same regional accent as Wataru. They hit it off, and Kazuho wants to introduce her new friend to Wataru, too, but for some reason he's acting strange... Ever since meeting Miya, something has gone off-kilter! Peaceful, everyday life breaks down in this story of romance and suspense.
"We can make a show of it." Why...does my husband desperately want my body while my coworker is sleeping right in front of us? He's supposed to have erectile dysfunction, so why is he getting so excited about this!?
After losing her parents, Mio's dream of becoming a pianist was all but taken from her. Now, she works as a house keeper at Arc en Ciel, a luxury hotel in the heart of the city. One day, a flurry of expected events introduces Mio to Taisei, the heir to Arc en Ciel. The next thing she knows, she is accompanying him to the hotel's anniversary party -- as his lover! The task? To put an end to his arranged engagement! On top of that, Mio has to continue to pretend to be Taisei's fiance even after the party is over...?! A story of the sweet adoration that grows between one brave housekeeper and the successor to a luxury hotel!
Look, it's not like Azusa doesn't want to get married. She's a wedding planner, after all, and in spite of her boss's biting sarcasm, she actually finds a lot of comfort in her job. Her boyfriend of five years, Ayumu, just hasn't really brought up the conversation, that's all. Or at least, that's what Azusa thinks, until she catches Ayumu having an affair! Though usually extremely unpleasant, Azusa's handsome boss, Kiryu, offers her sudden and uncharacteristic kindness: "If you don't get married, then I'll step in." What's that supposed to mean?! The sudden tension between Kiryu's usual offensive nature and his sweet words has Azusa wrapped around his little finger, and she's not sure if she can get away... or even wants to?!
Asami works at her dream job as a wedding dress designer for an apparel company. But her life is completely turned on its head when her father, a company investor, sets up an arranged marriage interview for her and Takafumi, her company's CEO! Despite Takafumi's professional competence and good looks, Asami bluntly rejects the offer, refusing to have to tie the knot with such an incredibly brazen and rude man. Despite this, Takafumi, realizing he gets turned on by her rejection, devises a plan which ultimately forces Asami into marriage and moving in with him! Is this the beginning of a sweet married life between Asami and her annoying boss?!